The Ravens

With increasing horror, a boy watches his father, a farmer, despair over the circumstances. The meager fields don’t yield enough, but the father, despite nearly going insane from the dreary toil on the farm, is possessed with the idea that the son must take over and carry on the legacy. The chain of generations of tormented small farmers must remain intact.

The boy finds refuge with the birds. It is Sweden, it is Smaland, it is a different 1970s. Tomas Bannerhed’s first novel is a razor-sharp depiction of a boy’s anguish before the world and adult life.

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IN THE NEWS

The Ravens, based on Tomas Bannerhed’s novel with the same title and directed by Jens Assur has been shortlisted for the Nordic Council Film award 2018. Congratulations Tomas and Jens, it is so wonderful to see this story travel. Read more here.

Siri Lindgren

Johanna Kinch

Magdalena Hedlund

about

The Hedlund Literary Agency was established in March 2011 by Magdalena Hedlund.

The company’s focus is general fiction, crime and thrillers while also representing a few, selected authors of children's books. The agency's principal area of expertise is selling Swedish translation and film rights to works by some of Scandinavia's most highly acclaimed authors. In particular, it represents Moggliden, the company of the Stieg Larsson Estate.